Question Yet another post about PC upgrades.

[maarkr]

Can't believe its been 6 years since my last upgrade. Anyway, at my age, this will be my last ever. I don't game hardly, but do quite a bit of music and video production and some database programming. Specs shown below if you are interested, but I really have only a couple questions.

Would you do a new W11 install and use PC Mover Pro for apps? I am planning on just plugging in my drives into the new build. I used PC Mover ages ago (W2000) and it wasn't real smooth.
Is new hardware ready for W11 when I install my C drive or is there anything in the BIOS that really needs changed other than boot drive?
Would you upgrade a 3 yr old PSU?

current desktop
Nov 29 2018 Intel i7-8700K CoffeeeLake 6 Core 3.7GHz
Gigabyte GA-Z30-UD Mobo
Proc i7-8700 3.7Ghz 95W LGA1155 CoffeeLake 6 Core (Newegg)
RAM Corsair Vengance LPX 2666MHz DDR3 4x8Gb
Corsair 750W CX-750 & Gravity i2 2020
MSI Geforce RTX 2060 Super ARMOR OC 128bit PCIE3 8GbGDDR6
C: SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280, Internal Solid State Drive, Speeds of up-to 3,500MB/s, MZ-V8V1T0B/AM 2022
D: Hitachi 3Tb HD5721010CLA330
E: Toshiba 4Tb
Backup WD MyBook 6Tb
Windows 11 Pro ver 23H2 (4/2024)
Displays: Samsung S27C500 & C32F391

new (on order) for Dec 2024
Intel Core i9-12900KF Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 30Mb cache 125W
GIGABYTE Z790 Gaming Plus AX LGA 1700 rev 1.0 Intel Z790 ATX Motherboard with DDR5, Triple M.2, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C, Realtek Wi-Fi 6 ATX/RTL8851BE
KLEVV CRAS XR5 RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 7000MHz CL36 A-DIE 1.4V Gaming Desktop Ram Memory SK Hynix Chip XMP 3.0 Ready (KD5AGUA80-70B360S)
upHere D6SEC Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler with 6mm x 6 Copper Heat Pipes & Dual 120mm 5V ARGB PWM Fans (1600RPM, 68.2CFM) for Intel LGA 1700
HP FX900 Pro 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD 2280 Gen4 x4, Up to 7400 MB/s, 3D NAND Flash- 4A3U2AA#ABB replace D drive
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case - Black

HAVE/ MOVE from old system:
Corsair 750W
MSI Geforce RTX 2060 Super ARMOR OC 128bit PCIE3 8GbGDDR6
C: Samsung 980 SSD NVMe 1Tb 2022
D: Hitachi 3Tb HD5721010CLA330 see above
E: Toshiba 4Tb 2022
Backup WD MyBook 6Gb 2021
Windows 11 Pro ver 24H2 26100.2454 (11/2024)
Displays: Samsung S27C500 & C32F391

 

[Lutfij]

Would you upgrade a 3 yr old PSU?
If you're running the grey labelled CX unit, you should be fine for a while, with that RTX2060. If you decide to get something from the RTX5000 series, that's when you should look at a higher quality, reliably built PSU.

Is new hardware ready for W11 when I install my C drive or is there anything in the BIOS that really needs changed other than boot drive?
Make sure you're on the latest BIOS version, then enable X.M.P in BIOS, disable CSM(if it's enabled).

Would you do a new W11 install and use PC Mover Pro for apps?
I would manually install all necessary apps.

 

[Eximo]

Intel Core i9-12900KF Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 30Mb cache 125W

This is incorrect. F SKU CPUs specifically don't have integrated graphics. 12900K or 12900 do have integrated graphics. 12900F also does not have integrated graphics.

CX750 isn't the best PSU, but you are aiming for a relatively light system, so it should do alright.

 

[maarkr]

Ha, that's funny about the graphics description. I knew the KF doesn't have graphics, I like the card graphics better. I should have mentioned about the installed apps on my C drive... I do music and video production so I have hundreds of programs and settings for it. It would be a monumental task to reinstall all of them, and not sure if I have all of the serials for them over the past 20+ years, some may no longer be in business, so reinstalling is a non-option.